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400 inmates break out of Pakistan prison
April 15, 2012
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of association with the Taliban - escaped the prison early on Sunday, according to accounts given by Pakistani officials.

A senior Pakistani intelligence officer who spoke to CBS News from Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, confirmed reports of the escape of Adnan Rasheed, in custody in connection with the assassination attempt on Musharraf.
"He was a very notorious militant. His escape is a big breach in security arrangements" said the security official who asked not to be named.

In Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, two Western diplomats who spoke separately to CBS News on condition of anonymity warned that the
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